Archaeologists in northern England have unearthed a rare Roman knife handle in the shape of a gladiator, revealing the extent of Roman celebrity culture's reach across the empire. The handle is ...

This is one of very few Roman mirrors of this type known from anywhere in the Roman Empire. A slave would have held the mirror by the ornate handles so that the lady could view her face in the ...

In this photo, optical engineer Bente Eegholm inspects the surface of the primary mirror for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. This 7.9-foot (2.4-meter) mirror is a major component of the ...